Tom C. Nguyen, MD

Professor and Chair Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at FIU; Chief Medical Executive Baptist Heart and Vascular. Proud girl dad.

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

All hands on deck for a minimally invasive mitral repair. Non-verbal communication. It takes a team: residents, scrub techs, anesthesia, circulator, and perfusion - at the least. #tssmn #hearts #surgery #premed @STS_CTsurgery @ISMICS #nguyen

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Interesting AI technology that can be safely used for patient information. It’s worth trying. ❤️

[Council @HealthCouncilAI]

Introducing Council: free clinical AI for NPI-verified clinicians.

Use it for notes, summaries, evidence checks, prior-auth drafts, and second-read clinical questions.

Try it now: https://t.co/RZIg2Ez26z

[Council @HealthCouncilAI]

Introducing Council: free clinical AI for NPI-verified clinicians.

Use it for notes, summaries, evidence checks, prior-auth drafts, and second-read clinical questions.

Try it now: https://t.co/RZIg2Ez26z

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

We’re excited to recruit two luminary surgeons. Dr Ashok Kumar will be the Director of Aortic Surgery and lead our Division with FIU. Dr Marcos Nores will help transform CV surgery for Palm Beach county and be member of our Executive Council. Excited about 2026.

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Excited to recruit Dr. Brad Taylor as Chief of Cardiac Surgery for our program and lead quality for our 12 hospital system. He will help transform CV care. He was previously Chief at U of Maryland. He’s a master surgeon, educator, and pretty good tennis player. @BaptistHealthSF

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Hosting our partner and Dean of FIU (Dr. Juan Cendan) in the OR’s where we juggled 2 robotic CABGs and 3 complex minimally invasive and open structural cases. Hopeful launch of a CT surgery training program soon. @FIUMedicine @FIU @BaptistHealthSF @BHAcademics

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

INSPIRATIONAL keynote Franca Melfi (EACTS President) discussing the importance of perseverance, positivity, and parity. Cameo by Giusy Versace (senator of Italy), Paralympic athlete. Favorite quote: yesterday was the past, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. #EACTS2024

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Ozempic revolution is what happening in CV disease with promising results. @EACTS #eacts2024

[Baptist Health @BaptistHealthSF]

🍍A great start to the 41st Annual Miami Echocardiography and Structural Heart Symposium! 🫀#MiamiEcho

🗣️ Symposium co-director Dr. Elliott J. Elias and Dr. @TomCNguyen welcome attendees and the expert-led panel on #AorticValveDisease:

➡️ Patrick T. O’Gara, M.D.
➡️ Jorge Hernandez, B.S., RDCS, RVS
➡️ @LindaGillamMD
➡️ Bernardo Lopez Sanabria, M.D.

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Robotic surgery comes to Miami. Excited to work with FIU in recruiting Dr Makoto Hashimoto (Sapporo, Japan) to lead our robotic heart surgery program at Baptist Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. We are building. 🧰 @BaptistHealthSF @FIUMedicine @FIU

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Ever wonder what an in-situ Amplatzer plug and hole in a bioprosthetic valve looks like? The minimal amount of endothelialization on the plug is interesting.

[Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH @ShandaBlackmon]

Boisterous discussion of papers, family-centered environment and focus on the youth of our specialty is the key of ⁦@OfficialSTSA⁩

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Recent strategic planning meeting for the Thoracic Surgery Foudation in Chicago. Since 1988, TSF has raised over $30m providing more than 750 grants for education, outreach, and patient care. This is only the tip of the iceberg. More to come… @ThoracicSurgFnd

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

@LisaBrownMD 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Great seeing friends at #AATS2024. Toronto is also a pretty cool city.

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Congratulations @dr_ghoreishi for the Griepp paper. #1 rated abstract on endo-Bentall at the aortic symposium in NYC. Looking forward to him joining @BaptistHealthSF MCVI in several weeks.

[Raj Narayanan @RajNarayanan67]

Congratulations ⁦@Gina_Landinez_⁩ for the first robotic assisted bone #cryoablation in the US!! ⁦@MiamiVasc⁩ ⁦@MiamiCancerInst⁩ ⁦@BaptistHealthSF⁩ ⁦@SIRspecialists⁩ ⁦@QuantumSurgical⁩ ⁦@bostonsci⁩ ⁦@bsc_io⁩

[Tom C. Nguyen, MD @tomcnguyen]

Tech meetings very different than science meetings I usually attend, complete w music DJ and non-barking dogs. Fun giving a talk on AI intersection w healthcare @BaptistHealthSF @FIU @FIUMedicine @eMergeAmericas

[Baptist Health @BaptistHealthSF]

@FIUMedicine Dr. @tomcnguyen , chief medical executive at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, also provided captivating conversation about how AI will transform our world as well as the world of healthcare. (🧵 3/4)

[The Society of Thoracic Surgeons @STS_CTsurgery]

A new study on longitudinal outcomes of arterial grafting authored by Drs. Joseph Sabik, @BadhwarVinay, and @hunter_mehaffey, published in @annalsthorsug finds that multiarterial CABG is associated with superior long-term survival. Read the article, which includes the Annals Animated video: https://t.co/IVBGXKpyNi #CTSurgery